Society and Division Leaders
These leaders are responsible for the leadership of IIE technical societies and divisions.
Board Rosters
Computer & Information Systems
Construction
Engineering Economy
Lean
Logistics & Supply Chain
Manufacturing & Design
Operations Research
Process Industries
Quality Control & Reliability Engineering
Society for Engineering & Management Systems
Society for Health Systems
Sustainable Development
Work Systems
President
Hari Thiruvengada
Principal Research Scientist
ACS Knowledge Services Lab
Honeywell International Inc.
1985 Douglas Drive N., MN10-112A
Golden Valley, MN 55422
(763) 954-6882
Immediate Past President
Young-Jun Son
Professor
The University of Arizona
Engineering Building #20, Room#111
Tucson, AZ 85721
(520) 626-9530
President-elect
Seokcheon Lee
Assistant Professor
Purdue University
315 N. Grant St.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
(765) 494-5419
Directors 2012-2014
Alaster Nyaude
Senior Process Engineer
Heraeus, LLC
100 Heraeus Blvd.
Buford, GA 30518
(678) 294-362
Amarnath (Andy) Banerjee
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
3131 TAMU
College Station, TX, 77843-3131
(979) 458-2341
John Jung-Woon Yoo
Assistant Professor
Bradley University
1501 W. Bradley Avenue
Peoria, IL 61625
(309) 677-3248
Director 2011-2013
Russell Wooten
Strategy & Innovation: IT Strategy Branch Chief
US Department of Homeland Security
45786 Smoketree Terrace
Dulles, VA 20166
(571) 227-2040
President
Lincoln Forbes, Ph.D., P.E. | Bio
Supervisor, Quality Engineer
Facilities Planning & Standard
1450 NE Second Avenue, Suite 208
Miami, FL 33132
(305) 995-4801
President-elect
Matt Horvat
Process Improvement Coordinator
PeaceHealth Medical Group
312 SE Stonemill Dr., Ste. 105
Vancouver, WA 98684
625 Main Street 1B
Louisville, CO 80027
(360) 750-8040
Aloysius A. Attah, P.E.
President, MACVAL Associates LLC
8500 N. Stemmons Freeway
Suite 5060
Dallas, TX 75247
(214) 689-9663
Behrokh "Berok" Khoshnevis | Bio
Professor
D.J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
University of Southern California
3715 McClintock Ave.
Room 240
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0193
(213) 740-4889
Paul S. Ray, Ph.D., P.E., CSP., C.Eng.(UK), F.IIE
Professor of Construction Engineering & Management
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
The University of Alabama
Box 870205
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0205
(205) 348-1603
Isabelina Nahmens
Assistant Professor
Louisiana State University
3128 Patrick F. Taylor Building
Office CM108
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-0943
Laura Ikuma
Assistant Professor
Louisiana State University
3128 Patrick F. Taylor Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-5364
George P. Gardner
State Partnering Coordinator
Virginia Department of Transportation
1401 E. Braod Street 12th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 786-3645
President
Natalie Scala
United States Department of Defense
(301) 498-1429
Immediate Past President
Hsueh-Ming Steve Wang
Associate Professor
University of Alaska
ESM Dept. Chair
University Lake Building Annex, Room 11
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508-4614
(907) 786-1914
Program Chair
Gillian Nicholls
Assistant Professor
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
N149 Technology Hall
Huntsville, AL 35899
(256) 824-6637
Communications Director
Mingzhou Jin
Associate Professor
University of Tennessee
Dept. of Industrial Engineering
416 Stadium Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996
(865) 974-9992
Board Members
M. Affan Badar
Chair & Professor
Indiana State University
Dept. of AETM
College of Technology
Terre Haute, IN 47809
(812) 237-3982
Paul Componation
Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering & Engineering Management
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
N134 Technology Hall
Huntsville, AL 35899
(256) 824-6738
Wellington Award Committee Chair
Leland Blank
Professor Emeritus
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Texas A&M University
9448 Old Lampasas Trail
Austin, Texas 78750
(512) 203-1418
Wellington Award Committee Member
Richard Bernhard
Professor Emeritus
E.P. Fitts Dept. of Industrial & Systems Engineering
North Carolina State University
488 Daniels Hall
Campus Box 7906
Raleigh, NC 27695-7906
(919) 513-7220
President
Aman Sapra
Sr. Project Mgr., Inventory & Supply Chain Strategy
St. Onge Company
1400 Williams Road
York, PA 17402
(717) 505-8098
Immediate Past President
MD Sarder
Assistant Professor
University of Southern Mississippi
Long Beach, MS 39560
(228) 214-3237
President-elect
Tina Agustiady
Continuous Improvement Manager
Dawn Food Products
2191 Cranston Road
University Heights, OH 44118
(440)-381-1716
Directors
Sharon Johnson
Associate Professor
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609
(508) 831-5183
Valentine Boving
Senior Quality Engineer
UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
1400 Holcombe Blvd.
Suite FC 2. 3000
Houston, TX 77054
(713) 792-8552
Joseph OgabiI
IE & Six Sigma Black Belt
Triumph AeroStructures
Vought Air Craft Division
9314 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75211
(972) 946-8994
Rupy Sawhney
Associate Professor and Department Head
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996
(865) 974-3333
Andrés Carrano
Associate Professor and Director of the Toyota Production Systems Lab
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY 14623
(585) 475-6062
Michelle Chang
Master Black Belt
Memorial Hermann Systems Services
Houston, TX 77024
(713) 338-5012
Michael Testani
Master Black Belt and Lean Facilitator
Business Transformation and Learnbing Consultant
IBM
Vestal, NY 13850
(607) 217-5264
Logistics & Supply Chain Division Board 2012-2013
President
MD Sarder
Assistant Professor
University of Southern Mississippi
Long Beach, MS 39560
(228) 214-3237
President-elect
Burak Eklsiglu
Associate Professor
Mississippi State University
260 McCain Hall
PO Box 9542
Mississippi State, MS 39762
(662) 325-7625
Directors 2012-2014
Diana Berry
Air/Ocean Specialist
UPS
219 New Haven Lane
Aiken, SC 29803
(803) 292-2062
Sreekanth Ramakrishnan
Advisory Engineer and Scientist
IBM
404 Wyman Street
Walthan, MA 02451
(978) 594-1039
Sanchoy Das
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Martin Luther King Blvd.
Newark, NJ 07102
(201) 596-3654
Krishna K. Krishnan
Professor
Wichita State University
1845 Fairmont Drive
Box #35
Wichita, KS 67260
(316) 978-5903
(316) 978-5903
Gary Burns
Sr. Mgr. Project Vision
FedExd Ground
1000 FedEx Drive
Moon Township, PA 15108
(412) 262-7383
Alexandre A. Boschi
Production Engineer
Universidade Paulista
Av. Dr. Bacelar 1212
Sao, BRAZIL 04026
55-11-55751738
Manufacturing and Design Division Board 2012-2013
President
Iris V. Rivero
Texas Tech University
Department of Industrial Engineering
Box 43061
Lubbock, TX 79409-3061
(806) 742-3543
President-elect
Christopher M. Green
Rochester Institute of Technology
CAST Building 70, Room 1329
Rochester, NY 14623
(585) 475-6848
Secretary
John Jackman
Associate Professor
Iowa State University
3004 Black
Ames, IA 50011
(515) 294-0126
External Relations Director
Gul E. Okudan Kremer
Penn State University
310 Leonhard Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863 1530
Media Director
M. Ravi Shankar
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Industrial Engineering
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
(412) 624-9835
Member-Advisory Board
J T. Black
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849
(334) 844-1375
Don T. Phillips
Zachry Engineering Center-Room 242
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3131
(979) 845-5476
Richard A. Wysk
North Carolina State University
414-A Daniels Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-7906
(919) 515-1549
President
Burak Eksioglu
Associate Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Mississippi State University
260 McCain Hall
PO Box 9542
Mississippi State, MS 39762
(662) 325-7625
Immediate Past President
Jeffrey P. Kharoufeh
Associate Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
1048 Bendum Hall
3700 O'Hara Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
(412) 624-9832
President-elect
John Fowler
Professor
Dept. of Industrial Engineering
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 878809
Tempe, AZ 85287
(480) 965-3727
Directors 2012-2014
Sandra Eksioglu
Assistant Professor
Mississippi State University
260 McCain Engineering Bldg.
P.O. Box 9542
Mississippi State, MS 39762
(662) 325-9220
Scott Grasman
Professor & Department Head
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology
81 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623
(585) 475-3952
Directors 2011-2013
Mary E. Kurz
Associate Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
Clemson University
110 Freeman Hall
Clemson SC 29634-0920
( 864)-656-4652
Sarah Root
Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Arkansas
4207 Bell Engineering Hall
Fayetteville AR 72703
(479)-575-6032
President
Rick Hulse
Managing Director
XONITEK Consulting Group Int'l LLC
245 Park Avenue
39th Floor
New York, NY
(212) 672-1625, ext. 485
Immediate Past President
Luis Armendariz
Industrial Engineering and Lean Systems Modeling Consultant
Edwards LifeSciences LLC
One Edwards Way
Irvine, CA 92614
(562) 547-0278
President-elect
Martin Stein
President
Martin Stein Associates
52 Cranberry Lane
Needham, MA 02492
(781) 444-0213
Secretary-Treasurer
Ran Jin
Associate Professor
Virginia Tech
250 Durham Hall (0118)
1145 Perry St. RM 111
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Advisory Board
Douglas R. Kroeger
Manufacturing Manager
Nestle Nutrition
Avenue Reller 22
Ch-1800 Vevey
Switzerland
+41 21 924 39 98
Peter L. King
President
Lean Dynamics LLC
512 Penn Manor Drive
Newark, DE 19711
(302) 239-1667
Joseph Paris
Chairman
XONITEK Group of Companies
245 Park Avenue
39th Floor
New York, NY
(212) 672-1625 x727
J. Bennet Foster
DuPont
Senior Consultant Lean Six Sigma
Supply Chain Operations Group
Chestnut Run Plaza 705/GE9
Wilmington, DE 19880
(302) 999-6431
Dirk Van Goubergen
Professor, Department of Industrial Management
Ghent University
Technologiepark 903
B-9052 Zwijnaarde (BELGIUM)
Tel: +32-(0)9-2645502
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Harry Shah
Continuous Improvement/International Plant Support
The Hershey Co.
Mexico phone: 52-81-13412317
Mexico Nextel: 62*277184*4
US phone: (615) 727-3210
President
Om Prakish Yadav
Associate Professor
North Dakota State University
IE & Manufacturing Engineering Department
Dept. 2485
P.O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108
(701) 231-7285
Immediate Past President
Nagi Gebraeel
Associate Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
765 Ferst Drive
Atlanta, GA 30332
(404) 894-0054
President-elect
Joseph J. Pignatiello
Professor of Operations Research
Head, Department of Operational Sciences
Air Force Institute of Technology
2950 Hobson Way
WPAFB, OH 45433-7765
(937) 255-6565
Directors 2011-2013
Jamison (Jami) V. Kovach
Assistant Professor
Department of Information & Logistics Technology
University of Houston, Houston
312 Technology Building
Houston,TX 77204
(713) 743-1704
Haito Liao
Associate Professor
University of Arizona
310 Engineering Building
Systems and Industrial Engineering Department
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
(520) 621-6559
Directors 2012-2014
Thomas Pinson
President
Confinia Emergency Services
101 E. Grand Avenue
Neosho, MO 64850
(620) 202-0096
Zhenya Kong
Assistant Professor
Oklahoma State University
322 Engineering North
Stillwater, OK 74078
(405) 744-9698
Luis Torres-Acosta
President
PENTA Consulting
35 St. Juan C. Borbon suite 67-164
Guaynabo, PR 00969
(787) 309-3491
Industry Advisor
Jason W. Rupe
Senior Staff Engineer
Qwest Communications International Inc.
1801 California Street
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 965-2300
President
Jennifer A. Farris
Assistant Professor
Texas Tech University
Department of Industrial Engineering
Mail Stop 3061
Lubbock, TX 79409
(806) 742-3543
Immediate Past President
Geert Letens
Major, Military Materials Engineer
Royal Military Academy, Belgium
Department of Economics, Management & Leadership
Renaissancelaan 30
1000 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 475 32 64 06
President-elect
Michele D. Dekelbaum
Director, Business Performance & Project Management
Baylor Health Care System
2001 Bryan Street
Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 820-2281
Directors 2010-2013
Elizabeth "Beth" Cudney
Assistant Professor
Missouri University of Science and Technology
600 W. 14th Street, 217 Engineering Management
Rolla, MO 65409
(573)341-7931
Sergio E. Gouvea da Costa
Full Professor - Industrial and Systems Engineering Graduate Program
Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR) – Brazil
Associate Professor - Federal University of Technology - Parana (UTFPR) - Brazil
Rua Imaculada Conceicao, 1155
Curitiba, Parana (PR), 80.215-901
Phone: +55-41-3271-2579
Mark Jannone
Atlantic Health
475 South Street
Morristown, NJ 07960
(973)660-3522
Directors 2011-2014
Wiljeana Glover
Postdoctoral Associate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Lean Advancement Initiative
77 Massachusetts Ave. (E38-642)
Cambridge, MA 23219
(617) 452-2753
Suzanna "Suzie" Long
Assistant Professor
Missouri University of Science and Technology
600 W. 14th Street, 215 EMGT Building
Rolla, MO 65409
(573) 341-7621
Lukasz Mazur
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27695
(919)616-9702
Directors 2012-2015
Alexandera Medina-Borja
Director, Engineering E&A/Assistant Professor
University of Puerto Rico
ll-205 Industrial Engineering Bldg.
Mayaguez, PR 00680
(787) 265-3819
Sreekanth Ramakrishnan
Advisory Engineer and Scientist
IBM
404 Wyman Street
Walthan, MA 02451
(978) 594-1039
President 2012-2013
Jean Ann Larson
President and Principal Consultant
J.A. Larson & Associates
1412 Prairie Drive
Carrollton, TX 75007
(248) 701-7056
President-elect 2012-2013
Todd Schneider
Process Excellence
Ohio Health
3535 Olentangy River Road
Columbus, OH 43214
(614) 935-9762
Immediate Past President 2012-2013
Lucy Young
Director, Corporate Management Services
Henry Ford Health Systems
One Ford Place, 3B
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 874-4814
(Cell) 248-866-8339
Directors 2010-2013
Tangela Craft
Senior Performance Engineer
Premier Inc.
2700 Wayne Memorial Drive
Goldboro, NC 27534
(919) 731-6307
Ron McDade
Assistant VP, Performance Improvement
MedStar Health
1447 York Road, Suite 800
Lutherville, MD 21093
(410) 512-3667
Directors 2011-2014
Amanda Mewborn
Executive Director of Transformation
CareLogistics
2655 Northwinds Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30009
(678) 690-7927
Ralph Franco
Office of the Chief of Staff
US Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Center and School
ATTN: MCCS-ZS
2377 Greeley Rd Ste H
Ft Sam Houston, TX 78234-7731
(210) 221-0253
Directors 2012-2015
Rudolph Santacroce
Management Engineering Consulting Services
Shands HealthCare
1430 SW 13th St
Gainesville, FL 32608
(352) 265-0680 x80015
Joyce T. Siegele
Productivity Improvement Manager
Northside Hospital
(404) 851-8637
*Treasurer
John L. Templin Jr.
President
Templin Management Associates Inc.
265 Locust Grove Road
Greenfield Center, NY 12833-1501
(518) 893-7760
*SHS Conference 2012 Chairperson
Amanda Mewborn
Executive Director of Transformation
CareLogistics
2655 Northwinds Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30009
(678) 690-7927
*IIE Staff Liaison
Heather Bradley
IIE
3577 Parkway Lane, Suite 200
Norcross, GA 30092
(770) 349-1122
*Non-voting members
Sustainable Development Division Board 2012-2013
President
John Corliss
VP/Director of A&E Services
PEER Consultants, PC
99 South Bedforfd St. Suite 200
Burlington, MA 01803
(781) 238-8880
Secretary
Theresa Barker
Bark Consults, LLC
2272 NE 61st Street
Seattle, WA 98115
Board members
Diana Berry
Air/Ocean Specialist
UPS
219 New Haven Lane
Aiken, SC 29803
(803) 292-2062
Eliseo Vilalta-Perdomo
Senior Lecturer Logistics & Operations Management
Lincoln Business School
Brayford Pool
Lincoln LN6 7TS
ENGLAND
01 (522) 835694
Greg Weisenborn
Chair, Dept. of Management & Marketing
Fort Hays State University
Dept. of Management & Marketing
Hays, KS 67601
(785) 628-4137
Student Board Member
Kate Fisher
The Ohio State University
1971 Neil Ave. RFoom 210
Columbus, OH 43201
Work Systems Division Board 2012-2013
President
Richard Elliott
Senior Industrial Engineer
The Boeing Company
P.O. Box 3707
4R-08
Seattle, WA 98124
(425) 280-0937
President-elect
Ed Pound
COO
Factory Physics Inc.
1 East Oakhill Drive
Westmont, IL 60521
(979) 846-7828
Directors
George Bishop
Managing Director
West Monroe Partners
230 West Street
Suite 500
Columbus, OH 43215
(303) 304-4714
Shahrukh A. Irani
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University
210 Baker Systems Engineering
1971 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Dongjoon Kong
Industrial Engineer
The Boeing Company
P.O. Box 3707
OU-51
Seattle, WA 98124
(425) 266-8990
Jose Macedo
Professor/Department Chair
Cal Poly State University
IME Department
Bldg. 192-223
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
(805) 756-1147
Ed Pound
COO
Factory Physics Inc.
1 East Oakhill Drive
Westmont, IL 60521
(979) 846-7828
David Prestin
Industrial Engineer
The Boeing Company
P.O. Box 3707
4E-90
Seattle, WA 98124
(206) 304-4136